Synonyms of gone (on)

gone (on) 1 of 2

adjective

as in obsessed

filled with an intense or excessive love for

I've never seen her so gone on a man before

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obsessed
• sweet on
• mad (about)
• enamored (of)
• crazy (about or over)
• enraptured (by)
• stuck on
• infatuated (with)
• besotted (by)
• nuts (about)
• charmed
• enchanted
• fascinated
• hung up (on)
• gaga (over)
• dotty (over)
• foolish
• silly
• wild
• entranced
• bewitched
• captivated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• detached
• cool
• unimpressed
• disillusioned
• disenchanted
• unenchanted
• heart-free

gone on

2 of 2

verb

past participle of go on

1

as in happened

to take place

what in the world is going on in there?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• happened
• done
• come
• been
• come to pass
• gone down
• occurred
• come down
• come about
• come off
• cooked
• transpired
• befallen
• passed
• betided
• chanced
• happed
• come up
• shaped (up)
• sprung (up)
• developed
• cropped (up)
• risen
• gone off
• fallen out
• turned out
• proceeded
• arisen
• intervened
• resulted
• broken
• followed
• materialized

2

as in rattled

to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point

my, but Aunt Betty does go on about all of her aches and pains

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rattled
• rambled
• blathered (on)
• run on
• maundered
• wandered
• chatted
• run one's mouth
• chattered
• drooled
• deviated
• strayed
• digressed
• sidetracked
• driveled
• blithered
• prated
• waffled
• burbled
• pattered
• blabbered
• prattled
• gibbered
• gabbed
• gabbled
• blabbed
• jabbered
• bumbled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gone (on)

Verb

Many health workers have gone on strike to protest not being paid for their work since the outbreak was declared. — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Many health workers have gone on strike to protest lack of payment for their work since the outbreak was declared. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

Multiple Read Alliance alums have gone on to become educators, citing their experience in the after school program as part of their motivation to become teachers. — Read Alliance, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Palantir has gone on the offensive to combat the narrative, arguing that the AI models from Silicon Valley companies don’t perform as well and steal customers’ private data (an argument that the other companies dispute). — Preston Fore, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026

Much of the new ⁠defence ​spending so far has gone on missiles capable of striking targets ​more than 1,000 km (621 miles) away. — Reuters, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026

At that moment, the region’s buzziest genre filmmaker was Yeon, whose Train to Busan had premiered to acclaim in Cannes’ Midnight Screenings in 2016 and gone on to earn more than $100 million worldwide. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026

Siebel Newsom is a former actor who has gone on to establish a nonprofit focused on feminism. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026

This story has been updated to correct the 25-year record of how many times the victor of the winner’s bracket game has gone on to reach the finals of the College World Series. — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 15 June 2026